Frances Boyd Calhoun

She authored the children's book Miss Minerva and William Green Hill (1909), which has been a publishing success and has gone through more than fifty printed editions.

[4] In childhood she lived in Warrenton, North Carolina, for two years, before moving in 1880 with her family to Covington, Tennessee.

[1][3] Her father William Townes Boyd was a newspaper publisher and worked for The Covington Leader, and she wrote for his paper.

[3] For seven years she taught at the local Covington public schools, before she quit due to chronic illness.

[4] She authored Miss Minerva and William Green Hill (1909), a children's book published by Reilly and Britton (now McGraw-Hill) that became a classic of Southern fiction.

1919 advertisement for books, Miss Minerva and William Green Hill and the sequel Billy and the Major
1919 advertisement for books, Miss Minerva and William Green Hill and the sequel Billy and the Major